Volkswagen is launching a campaign at its Wolfsburg manufacturing complex in Germany with the aim of training production employees in e-mobility.

The Wolfsburg facility, Europe’s largest car manufacturing complex which churns out some 3,500 vehicles every day, is to add the production of electric vehicles (EVs)over the next few years with sub-assembly of the ID.3 hatchback to begin later this year and full production in 2024.

In addition to the ID.3, VW says Wolfsburg is to begin building an SUV model based on its MEB electric vehicle platform in the near future.

While Wolfsburg will continue to produce internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles as well as EVs, VW has already converted its large factories at Zwickau and Emden to build electric vehicles as it moves to meet its goal of producing 10 new electric models by 2026 and manufacture only EVs in Europe by 2033.

“After Zwickau and Emden, our Wolfsburg plant is now beginning the transition to e-mobility in the brand’s German production network,” said Christian Vollmer, Volkswagen’s Brand Boar of Management Member for Production and Logistics.

“Wolfsburg is special in that ICE vehicles will also still be built here for many years to come. In other words: For Wolfsburg, the upcoming transformation is first and foremost about integration – interfacing smoothly with ongoing operations and with production. That is a very special challenge.”

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (Mar 2023)

21 March 2023